Improvement in end-gates for wagons



J. M. 85 J. H. KING. End-Gate for Wagons.

No. 197,7 3. Patented'Dec. 4, I877.

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' groove, by means of which and correspondingly-shaped tongues b 1), ourend-gate device may and braced. by transverse rods 0 O.

UNITE TATE S.

JAMES KING AND JONATHAN H.

KING, OF SWAN GREEK, ILLINOIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,783, dated December4, 1877 application filed October 15,1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES M. KING and J 'ONATHAN H. KING, of SwanCreek, in the county of WVarren and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-BodyEnd-Gates andScoop-Boards and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and-to letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

()ur invention relates to an improved construction of the end-gates ofwagons intended for the transportation of grain in bulk, or of suchother articles or material as is liable to fall out of the wagon on theremoval or lowering of the end-gate for the purpose of un loading itwith a shovel or' scoop.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of aportion of the rear end of a wagon-body with our improved deviceattached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device detachedfrom the wagonbody. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the device with theend-board secured in vertical position. Fig. 4 is a similar view withthe endboard turned down to form a scoop-board.

Referring to the parts by letters, A Arepresent the side-boards of awagon-body, having at their rear ends and on their inner sides verticalslats ac, two on each side, arranged with a space between them, so as toform a be securely attached to the wagon-body.

B B are the side-boards of the device, tri angular in form, or nearlyso, as clearly shown by the drawings. The tongues I) I) project fromtheir outer sides, and on their inner sides at the bottom horizontalslats or projecting ledges b b are formed, or otherwise secured thereto.The side-boards B are also connected together D is a board or gate,which fits between the side-boards B B, and is hinged to the rod 0, asshown at (I, so as to turn thereon, and be moved up or down, as desired.When moved to a vertical position, and secured by the hooks and staplese f, or by anyother convenient fastening device, it operates as anordinary hinged end-gate for the wagon.

When moved down to a horizontal position,

or preferably to the inclined position shown by Fig. 4 of the drawings,it is supported by stituted therefor, without change in the constructionof either device.

Having thus described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The sideboards B B, having the ledgesb b, operating in combination with the hinged end-gate D, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

2. The side-boards B B, united by bracerods 0 G, and having the tongues12 b operat-' ing in combination with the hinged gate I) and wagon-bodyA, having the slats a a, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. KING. JONATHAN HFKING.

Witnesses V THOMAS McKnn, W. B. RICHARDS.

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